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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: DEMOCRACY
2018 Delivering an elusive dream of democracy: lessons from Nelson Mandela Bay
This book analyses the decline of the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, the economic hub of the Eastern Cape, also known as the party???s heartland...
2018 South Africa's social contract: the Economic Freedom Fighters and the rise of a new constituent power?
Taking the South African constitution as an eminent symbol of the South African social contract, and noting the opinion of many that the con...
Download this report2017 Does democracy enhance economic growth?: the case of Anglophone West Africa
This article investigates the relationship between democracy and economic growth in five Anglophone West African countries using annual data...